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{{short description|American monthly video game magazine (1991-)}}
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{{Infobox magazine
| title = Game Informer
| logo = Game Informer logo (2021-present).svg
| image_file = July 2011 gameInfromer.jpeg
| image_size = 250px
| image_caption = The July 2011 issue's cover
| editor = Matt Miller
| previous_editor = {{Plainlist|
* Elizabeth Olson
* Andy McNamara
* Andrew Reiner
}}
| category = [[Video game]]
| frequency = Every 5 weeks (10 per year)
| format = 
| circulation = 
| publisher = {{ubil|[[FuncoLand]] (1991–2000)|[[GameStop]] (2000–2024)|[[<!-- ought to keep this red as a dedicated article is probable -->Gunzilla Games]] (2025–present)}}
| total_circulation = {{Plainlist|
* 8 million (2011)<ref name="VarietyFold" />
* 7,585,296 (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.auditedmedia.com/newsviews|title=News & Views &#124; AAM|website=blog.auditedmedia.com|access-date=Jan 29, 2021|archive-date=January 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127151253/https://blog.auditedmedia.com/newsviews|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="VarietyFold" />
}}
| firstdate = {{Start date and age|1991|8}}
| finaldate = 
| finalnumber = 
| company = 
| country = United States
| based = [[Minneapolis]]
| language = English
| website = {{official URL}}
| issn = 1067-6392
| oclc = 870151871
}}

'''''Game Informer''''' ('''''GI'''''{{--)}}{{efn|Most often stylized '''''gameinformer''''' from the 2010s onward.  Previous title stylizations included ''GAME INFORMER'' in the 1990s, and ''GAMEINFORMER'' in the 2000s, though the latter has also appeared on some issues as recently as 2020, most often when using a special stylization to mimic the logo of the cover-story game.}} is an American monthly [[Video game journalism|video game magazine]] featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of [[video game]]s and [[video game console|game consoles]]. It debuted in August 1991, when the video game retailer [[FuncoLand]] started publishing an in-house newsletter.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 100 U.S. Magazines by Circulation |work=PSAResearch.com |publisher=PSA Research Center |url= http://www.psaresearch.com/images/TOPMAGAZINES.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160414002100/http://www.psaresearch.com/images/TOPMAGAZINES.pdf |archive-date=April 14, 2016 |access-date=February 6, 2016}}</ref><ref name="10years">"10 Years of ''Game Informer''" (August 2001). ''Game Informer'', p. 42. "In August 1991, FuncoLand began publishing a six-page circular to be handed out free in all of its retail locations."</ref> It was acquired by the retailer [[GameStop]], which bought FuncoLand in 2000. Due to this, a large amount of promotion was done in-store, which contributed to the success of the magazine. As of June 2017, it was the fifth-most popular magazine by copies circulated.

In August 2024, GameStop discontinued ''Game Informer'' after 33 years of publication and 368 issues.<ref>{{cite web |title=Just added to the VGHF Library - the last ever print issue of Game Informer magazine, to go with our entire archive. (You'll be missed, GI.) |url=https://x.com/GameHistoryOrg/status/1824178547805540544 |website=X |access-date=6 October 2024 |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007100303/https://x.com/GameHistoryOrg/status/1824178547805540544 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="VarietyFold">{{Cite web |last=Moreau |first=Jordan |date=August 2, 2024 |title=Game Informer Magazine Shuts Down After 33 Years |url=https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/game-informer-shuts-down-gamestop-magazine-1236094109/ |access-date=August 2, 2024 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-date=August 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802170539/https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/game-informer-shuts-down-gamestop-magazine-1236094109/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="folded">{{cite web |last=Gach |first=Ethan |title=GameStop Shuts Down Game Informer, The Longest-Running Gaming Magazine In The US |url=https://kotaku.com/game-informer-gamestop-meme-stock-gme-last-issue-1851611973 |access-date=2 August 2024 |website=Kotaku |date=2 August 2024 |language=en |archive-date=August 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802160627/https://kotaku.com/game-informer-gamestop-meme-stock-gme-last-issue-1851611973 |url-status=live }}</ref> The associated website was also shut down with its digital archive removed.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Park |first=Morgan |date=August 5, 2024 |title='Our 33-year legacy deserves a genuine goodbye': Game Informer staff tweets one last goodbye after all of their work was deleted, then GameStop nukes the account from orbit |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/our-33-year-legacy-deserves-a-genuine-goodbye-game-informer-staff-tweets-one-last-goodbye-after-all-of-their-work-was-deleted-then-gamestop-nukes-the-account-from-orbit/ |access-date=August 5, 2024 |work=[[PC Gamer]] |language=en |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806021340/https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/our-33-year-legacy-deserves-a-genuine-goodbye-game-informer-staff-tweets-one-last-goodbye-after-all-of-their-work-was-deleted-then-gamestop-nukes-the-account-from-orbit/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Binder |first=Matt |date=August 3, 2024 |title=Looks like GameStop just shut down 'Game Informer' magazine and killed its archive |url=https://mashable.com/article/gamestop-shuts-down-game-informer-removes-website-digital-archive |access-date=August 5, 2024 |website=[[Mashable]] |language=en}}</ref> In March 2025, ''Game Informer'' announced that it had been acquired by Gunzilla Games and established as its own business. The relaunch included a revival of the magazine's website, the restoration of the digital archive, and brought back all of ''Game Informer''{{'s}} laid off staff. ''Game Informer'' also announced plans to restart the publication of the print magazine.